"We see, in many a land, the proudest dynasties and tyrannies still crushing, with their mountain weight, every free motion of the Consciences and hearts of men. We see, on the other hand, the truest heroism for the right and the greatest devotion to the Truth in hearts that God has touched. We have a work to do, as great as our forefathers and, perhaps, far greater. The enemies of Truth are more numerous and subtle than ever and the needs of the Church are greater than at any preceding time. If we are not debtors to the present, then men were never debtors to their age and their time. Brethren, we are debtors to the hour in which we live. Oh, that we might stamp it with Truth and that God might help us to impress upon its wings some proof that it has not flown by neglected and unheeded." -- C.H. Spurgeon . . . "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:31, 32 . . . . . Our Website is UNDER CONSTRUCTION, please be patient!

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Sunday, January 20, 2019

~ By James FireWhat we have seen thus far in this book, with its introduction of Jesus Christ the faithful witness, a declaration of His redemptive work, the prophecy of the Return of the (real!) King; the further declaration of the Deity of Christ as the Alpha and Omega. We see that He is also The Risen LORD over the church.Revelation 2 and Revelation 3 are the LORD’s pronouncements over the seven churches, rendering to each His commendations and judgments.Revelation 4 shows John the apostle transported into heaven, where he beholds God upon His throne and the creatures there paying homage to the LORD God of all creation.Which brings us to Revelation 5 and the remarkable revelatory truths of Christ as our Holy Redeemer. Without a comprehensive understanding of this chapter, the fullest comprehension of the doctrine of redemption will not be realized. And we gain much insight into this chapter by studying the book of Ruth and the role of the kinsman goel or redeemer.Read more!

Friday, January 18, 2019

GENESIS 6:1-21 And
it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born unto them,2That the sons of God saw
the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which
they chose.

We
will be venturing into rather strange, even bizarre territory in this chapter.
The reason we will perceive this as so outlandish, is because what happens here
is anything but common among human experiences. Let’s get right into examining
these passages, and you’ll see what I mean pretty quickly.

Men
here are populating the entire Earth. In Chapter four we read about cities being
built and existed in the days of Abel and Cain (GEN 4:17). The world was starting to get filled up. Estimates
suggest there could be anywhere from 1-3 billion people or more on the Earth by
now.

Note that it speaks of “daughters of men” here – but no mention of sons: were
there only girls born? No, of course not – but it mentions the daughters for
specific reason. The text contrasts these daughters of men (“Benoth Adawm”) with another group: the
sons of God (“B'nai
HaElohim”). The daughters of Adam, that’s pretty straight forward:
human females who are the descendants of Adam.

Sunday, January 13, 2019

What we are
holding in our laps is the Bible; we get the term ‘Bible’ from the Latin word biblos, meaning book. And we sometimes
refer to this message from God as ‘The Good Book’.

In all
actuality, this book comprises a library of books – 66 books, written by more
than forty different writers, over thousands of years of time, across three
different continents, in three different languages. The writers comprised of a
wide array of people from all walks of life: everyone from kings and priests,
to prophets and seers, to noblemen and statesmen, to ranchers and shepherds,
generals, fishermen, judges, etc.

And as they
wrote these books, very few of them had access to the other writers and their
writings, so they couldn’t ‘compare notes’ and find out what the others said
about the many subjects of the Bible.

And yet for all
of these variables, when one reads this book, it reads like it’s not from a
wide range of authors, but from a single author – and that’s because it is!

Sunday, January 6, 2019

(Note: you can watch the video version, courtesy of HOUSE of TRUTH Youtube channel, of this teaching at the bottom of this article; this article represents an updated version of this teaching, so it isn't exactly the same as the video.)

And that is where our authority resides: “IN Christ” and
from no other place does our spiritual authority issue!

Webster’s Dictionary definitions of “authority”:

~ a citation (as from a book*) used in defense or support
of a plaintiff seeking legal remedy. *We have the Word of God as the Book from
which we have our defense and support.

~ the source material from which such a citation is drawn.

~ A conclusive statement or set of statements (such as an
official decision of the court).

In God’s court we who were declared guilty of sin have been
made innocent by the blood of Jesus, and it’s the holy and new covenant
established by the LORD Himself that we have the authority to be declared
innocent!

~ A testimony –
we have the testimony of God’s own written Word as the spiritual authority on
which we stand!

As previously stated in Chapter One, the LORD Himself
dictated what John would write concerning this revelation: “the things that
[John] had seen”, namely the vision of Christ among the seven lampstands and
those things recorded in this initial chapter.

Then “the things which are” – those
churches and their situations as recorded in Chapters Two and Three, and finally
“the things which shall be hereafter”
(metatauta or literally “after these
things”) – those things that will occur after the histories of those seven
churches (REV 1:19).

The word "hereafter" is a pivotal point in which those things past are finalized, and that
which is ahead is something entirely different or new – which presently is the
perspective of this apostle as he is transitioned from the Earth to the
heavenly domain where the remainder of this revelation is granted to him.

This transition is remarkable in more ways than just
the apostle’s relocation, but in the relocation of the church herself (represented
by the seven lampstands as seen in Chapter One). As well as this, the tenure of
God’s plan of the ages is also in transition, how He deals with the enemies of
Israel and the world at large.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men...And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth...Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

"We see, in many a land, the proudest dynasties and tyrannies still crushing, with their mountain weight, every free motion of the Consciences and hearts of men. We see, on the other hand, the truest heroism for the right and the greatest devotion to the Truth in hearts that God has touched. We have a work to do, as great as our forefathers and, perhaps, far greater. The enemies of Truth are more numerous and subtle than ever and the needs of the Church are greater than at any preceding time. If we are not debtors to the present, then men were never debtors to their age and their time. Brethren, we are debtors to the hour in which we live. Oh, that we might stamp it with Truth and that God might help us to impress upon its wings some proof that it has not flown by neglected and unheeded." -- C.H. Spurgeon

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." II Timothy 3:1-7 – The Bible

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